Merivah מְרִיבָה
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| מְרִיבָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | merivah |
| Strong's number | H4808 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | provocation |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Merivah (Hebrew מְרִיבָה, Strong's H4808) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “provocation”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
strife, contention
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | strife (5), meribah kadesh (1), provocation (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | contention (1), contended (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Merivah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 13:8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Numbers
- Numbers 27:14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).